Disable First Logon Hi Animation Using Registry Or Group Policy

Disable first logon Hi animation in Windows 11/10

Local Group Policy Editor Method

We’ll begin with the Windows Group Policy Editor. To open it, launch the ‘Run’ dialog box, typed ‘gpedit.msc’ and hit Enter key. Next, to go to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon. Within Logon, on the right side, you’ll notice an option reading Show first sign-in animation. Double-click on this policy to open its Configuration box. Next set it to ‘Disabled’.

The action when confirmed will disable the Windows 10 “Hi” animation. If your version of Windows 11/10 does not ship with the Group Policy Editor, you may use Policy Plus, or you may use the Registry editing method.

Using Windows Registry

Open Windows Registry Editor. For this, tap on the Windows-key +R simultaneously to launch the ‘Run’ dialog box. Type ‘regedit.exe’ in the empty field of the box and hit Enter. Confirm the UAC prompt and go to the following path- Open the System folder, right-click in a space of the right-pane the right pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit Value). Name the key EnableFirstLogonAnimation, double-click it and ensure its value is set to 0 to hide the animation.

Hereafter when you log into a new Windows account, you will not notice the logon Hi animation appearing. Instead, you’ll just see a spinning circle with the following message ‘Preparing Windows’. Hope this helps!